Wednesday, September 25, 2013

yellow vented bulbul






Red headed, blue-winged waspish insect


I saw the insects pollinating an aratiles (datiles in Visayan) in UP Clarkfield.



Cropped image taken using Fujifilm HS25EXR camera.

A yellow green coleus


My friend Al Claud captured this stunning photo of a yellow green coleus with a Samsung ES15, a 10+ megapixel camera.
The red coleus provides a nice contrast.



(c)2013 by Al Claud, Republished with permission in this blog.


Monday, September 23, 2013

An unknown plant (identified as creeping charlie)


The plant has been identified as Creeping Charlie, Pilea nummulariifolia by Dr. Romana Pahilanga Delos Reyes. Thanks a lot >>Dr. Roms!

We disccover that the plant is also called a swedish ivy,sharing the same common name as the Plectranthus_verticillatus.


Plant Pilea nummulariifolia
Common Name creeping charlie, swedish ivy
Location Fairfield School, Bgy Central, Quezon City
Camera Fujifilm HS25EXR
Photographer Dr. Ernesto P Adorio
Acknowledgement Dr. Romana Pahilanga Delos Reyes
Reference Wikipedia

V-22 Osprey VTOL in flight.


I shot this from Clarkfield with my HS25EXR camera.






More photos:

Polyscias balfouriana Marginata, a foliage plant





I need more info to distinguish from polyscia guilfoylei.

Plant Polyscias balfouriana marginata
Location Philcoa, Quezon City
Camera Fujifilm Finepix HS50EXR
Photographer Dr. Ernesto Adorio
Acknowledgment Dr. Romana Pahilanga Delos Reyes(Identification)
Reference